Improvement in hedge-hooks



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Hedge-Hooks.

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A'Nrrnn ,STATES Prrrnlv'ry OFFICE.

EDWARD S. TURNER, OF PALMYRA, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN Hence-Hooks..

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.4139y215, dated May 20,1873 application filed December 2l, 1872.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD S. TURNER, of Palmyra, in the county ofMarion and State of Missouri, have made certain new and usefulImprovements in Hedge-Hooks, of which` the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying draw,

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Nature and Objects of the Invention.

.Description of the Accompanying Drawing.

A in the accompanying drawing is a shaft or bar of metal, or othersuitable material, rigidly and firmly secured in the end of the handleB, and provided with the prong (l, the outer end of which is formed intoa hook, D, which is bent toward the handle B, its point having a properoutward inclination. The prong G is welded, or otherwise firmly securedto the shaft A, in such manner that the lateral planes of the centers ofshaft and prong coincide. That portion of the prong O between the baseof the hook D and the point where the prong is attached to the shaft A,is slight-- ly concave, so that a fork, E, is formed between the curveof the hook nearest the shaft and the shaft itself, the end of whichprojects beyond the outer convexity of the hook.

The purposes of the invention are as follows: First, to bend down thehedge-plant, which is effected by catching the plant in the fork Eaforesaid, and then forcing it in the 4direction desired; then, byinserting the shaft A in the ground, the plant may be retained in itsdepressed position. Second, the hook subserves i thevpurpose of drawingthe bent portion of the hedge-plant, when forced downward as aforesaid,through the space separating adjacent plants, and thus braiding thehedge.

Claim.

